Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “northland” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
northland	13	4	355	(None)
northlands	14	4	318	1	northlands
norland	8	3	716	2	nor__land
northward	16	4	325	2	northward
southland	13	6	371	2	southland
forehand	15	3	769	3	foreh_and
foreland	12	3	901	3	for_eland
heathland	16	4	396	3	heathland
marchland	17	4	383	3	marchland
marshland	15	4	335	3	marshland
norlands	9	3	644	3	nor__lands
northbound	16	5	211	3	northbound
northeast	12	6	654	3	northeast
northern	11	4	558	3	northern_
northerns	12	4	493	3	northerns
northing	12	19	906	3	north_ing
northwards	17	5	297	3	northwards
ortolan	7	4	708	3	_ortolan_
ortolans	8	4	655	3	_ortolans
outland	8	12	1234	3	_out_land
shorthand	16	4	375	3	shorth_and
southlands	14	6	335	3	southlands

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	7.406	20070.3
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.842	22786.4